Good detector for high trash area?

[ryaan21]

Ive come across a virgin site, got a lot of nice stuff out of it, but now that I want to really scrub it I am finding my current detector does not do well in the iron. I am looking for a multi-tone machine but it does not have to have a screen.

I currently use a Fisher CZ70 Pro and it is a great detector, found a lot of nice things and also some deep coins, but it struggles in iron.

I hunt old sites, parks, campgrounds, woods areas for old coins.

Any ideas?

 

[Nauti]

Hi there,
I live in England where our ancient sites can be littered with iron from thousands of years of habitation.The standout detectors over here for these types of fields are the xp goldmax power,xp deus,teknetics t2 and fisher f75.All of these detectors can be set to have a low grunt on iron and varying tones for good targets.Any of these would work well for you......they will pick out tiny hammered coins from amongst the iron so will be perfect for the kind of targets you find over there.
I've also has great success with the whites m6 with a small coil.....excellent all round detector that does well in the iron.

 

[dirt doctor]

My M6 does quite well in the cluttered iron an Eclipse 5.3 or a 4X6 DD are great coils for the chore .

 

[Neil]

5" coil on a CZ does real good in trash and gets very good depth

 

[ryaan21]

I think the cheapest route would be to try the 5 inch coil first. Now the fun part, tracking down a 5 inch coil for a CZ70 Pro. haha. Hope I can find one.

 

[Neil]

Thats an easy to find coil used and if you want new theres plenty of them too. Any forum sponsor who sells fishers can probably get you a new one. Put a wtb on the accessory classified forum for a used one and you will probably get a bunch of replies.

 

[daddyflea]

Whites V3i here. I hunt the same places and as unlikely as it seems, my Detector is set to accept all signals, but only gives a tone on good targets. I use a 8X5 SEF DD coil and I have very good luck with it in these trashy places. This set up is not cheap but it is by far the best I have ever used.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Hello there "proud atheist" A good machine to see through a nail or two, and still get a hint of a conductive target underneath, is the Tesoro Silver Sabre. Naturally your depths won't be as deep as what you're used to. And naturally your TID's won't be as informative (just "conductive" versus "non-conductive").

And if you REALLY want to go balls-to-the-walls iron-see-through, you can get an old Compass 77b. Circa 1971-ish to '75-ish. Those could see through up to 3 or 4 nails at a time, and get a conductor (while passing the nails if the nails-were-solo). However, they're a bear to keep balanced, didn't go too deep, and lacked any other form of disc. Nonetheless, made great ghost townsy machines, where depth wasn't as much of an issue.

 

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